Clothes hanger



E. R. BURPEE CLOTHES HANGER July 25, 1950 Filed Aug. 2. 1948 FIG-2 INVENTOR. EDITH R. BURPEE BY 65 x21 Patented July 25, 1950 CLOTHES HANGER Edith R. Burpee, Pclham, N. Y.

Application August 2, 1948, Serial No. 41,931

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a clothes hanger especially adapted for women's use, as their dresses are usually rather light and more or less slippery.

After having used every type of hanger that I have been able to find on the market, I found that all of them had objectionable features. Hence, it is the principal object of my invention to provide a hanger that will, in practice, hold dresses or various types of clothing securely in place. Another object of my invention is to provide a clothes hanger having a holding means which is cheap and economical to manufacture. Another object of my invention is to provide a hanger having a holding means that can be easily and quickly moved into one of the two positions, which I choose to term, an obstructing position whereby the clothes put on the hanger are prevented from slipping, and a non-obstructing position whereby the holding means can be moved to a position so as not to interfere with the application of the hanger to the piece of clothing.

My improved construction is shown in the annexed drawing wherein Figure l is a top view on a reduced scale of the hanger showing one form of my improvement.

Figure 2 is a side view of the hanger shown in Figure 1, with the holding means shown in different position.

Figure 3 is a View on an enlarged scale from Figure 2 showing a modified form of the holding means.

Figure 4 is a view on the line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a view of a further modified form of the holding means.

Figure 6 is a view on the line 66 of Figure 5.

Referring now to the details wherein like numbers refer to corresponding parts, I denotes a hanger which may be made of wood or plastic material and has the usual hook 2. As shown in Figures 1 and 2 the hanger has a recess 3 at its opposite ends. Mounted in the recesses 3 are studs 4 each being carried on a pivot pin 5, which is held in place by a washer 6 and a slightly upset head I, made so as to provide a smooth surface. The stud 4 is of suflicient length, so when it is moved into obstructing position, it extends a substantial distance above the hanger I. Preferably the free end 8 of the stud 4 is rounded as indicated so as to provide a smooth surface. Before applying the hanger to a piece of clothing, the studs 4 are moved to a non-obstructing position as shown by the dotted lines on the left end of Figure 2 and by the full lines as shown at the right end of Figure 2. .It i to be noted in this form that the edge 9 of the recess 3 acts as a stop to position the stud 4 in its obstructing position, while the edge I0 of the recess 3 acts to hold the stud 4 in its non-obstructed position.

In the form shown in Figures 3 and 4, the stud 4 is made L shape having a, long arm II and a short arm I2, with a pivot pin I3 at the junction of the two arms. It is to be noted from Figure 3 that the arm I2 when in the non-obstructing position extends below the lower part of hanger I while the arm I I is positioned within a slot I4 in the hanger I and below the top surface of the hanger. In this construction if it is desired to move the holding stud into the obstructing position, one merely pulls or pushes 0n the arm I2 and moves the stud into the obstructing position. The edges of the slot I4 act as stops for both positions of the stud.

In Figures 5 and 6 stud I5 is slightly different from 4 in that it has its end I6 bent around to receive the head I! of a holding screw. A stop I8 is shown in the form of a pin driven into the hanger I. Also there is provided a stop I9 similar to l8 to hold the stud I5 in its non-obstructing position, although this is not absolutely necessary. Stud I5 may be held to the hanger I by a through pin such as I3 shown in Figure 4 or the stud may be similar to that shown in Figure 2. From what has been said it will be seen that the details may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

' 1. A clothes hanger having means for preventing a piece of clothing hung thereon from slipping off the hanger, said means comprising a pair of holding studs pivotally mounted one at each end portion of the hanger, the studs being L shaped with the pivot at the junction of the arms of the L, one arm being of a length and the pivot located so that said one arm can be moved to a non-obstructing position but when moved to obstructing position it will extend a substantial distance above the hanger while the other arm is of a length such that it extends below the hanger when said one arm is in non-obstructing position so as to serve as an actuator to move the stud at least into obstructing position and stop means for positioning the long arm in at least its obstructing position.

2. A clothes hanger as set forth in claim 1 further defined in that the holding studs comprise long and short arm that are so positioned while the hort arm projects below the lower part 5 of the hanger so as to at least act as a positioner for moving the long arm into obstructing position.

EDITH R. BURPEE.

- "REFERENCES CITED Number Number UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Trowbridge Jan. 26, 1932 Kroll Oct. 19, 193'? FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great; Britain Nov. 9, 1922 file of this patent: 

